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economy growing. well now, we've got a bigger problem on our hands. >> reporter: in fact, it all reminds mansharamani of the last great asian bubble: japan. that's our stretch of a segue to the tables down at morys and a whiff of the whiffenpoofs, yales famed a capella singing group. the professor had invited us to dinner with three of his former students. jared middleman and zachary graham buy into the china bubble hypothesis. rhodes scholar-designate cate laporte-oshiro does not. >> i think that while they have a lot of pressure stacked against them, declining labor force, overinvestment corruptions, scandals, at the same time they've done fairly well dealing with a lot of different problems at one time. >> i thought we learned through the example of the soviet union that central planning is good at mobilizing resources but is not good at sustaining innovation, not good at sustaining incentives for real long term growth. >> reporter: and yet, given all the trillions the country has amassed over the
economy growing. well now, we've got a bigger problem on our hands. >> reporter: in fact, it all reminds mansharamani of the last great asian bubble: japan. that's our stretch of a segue to the tables down at morys and a whiff of the whiffenpoofs, yales famed a capella singing group. the professor had invited us to dinner with three of his former students. jared middleman and zachary graham buy into the china bubble hypothesis. rhodes scholar-designate cate laporte-oshiro does not....
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we are a country based on the rule of law but illegal immigration does no good for our economy. in terms of those costs the c.b.o. numbers don't take into account those... the medicaid medicare and all the other welfare program costs in the out years. it is a huge huge drag on our fiscal situation if we basically give access to all of these programs to this large number of people. we have to remember what happened last time we had an amnesty in 1986. immediately we saw 398,000 cases of fraud. those are the ones the i.n.s. caught where people came into the country and claimed they were eligible when they really weren't or in the case of one of the ring leaders of the 199 attacks on the world trade center he claimed he was eligible. he was already in the country. he was in new york city driving a cab. he claimed he was an agricultural worker. there's going to be all kinds of fraud >> ifill: i want to ask you about the border security part. both sides seem to agree both the white house and the senate group and the people who are working on this in the house that nothing can happen
we are a country based on the rule of law but illegal immigration does no good for our economy. in terms of those costs the c.b.o. numbers don't take into account those... the medicaid medicare and all the other welfare program costs in the out years. it is a huge huge drag on our fiscal situation if we basically give access to all of these programs to this large number of people. we have to remember what happened last time we had an amnesty in 1986. immediately we saw 398,000 cases of fraud....
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. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: for the first time in years, there was serious talk today of getting congress to act on immigration. senators from both sides of the aisle joined to offer propose manies and said they'll work to get them passed by summer. >> we are dealing with 11 million human beings who are here undocumented the vast and enormous majority of whom have come here in pursuit of what all of us would recognize as the american dream. that's what we endeavor to move forward here on. >> ifill: that announcement today moved immigration reform to the front burner in congress. eight senator
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in a final interview, he said he's hopeful the economy will strengthen this year. the defense department has begun eliminating the jobs of all 46,000 temporary civilian employees at the pentagon. the announcement today said it's a response to mandatory, across- the-board spending cuts. they're scheduled to take effect march 1, unless congress comes up with alternative cuts. without changes, hundreds of thousands of full-time civilian employees will face furloughs and reduced paychecks by april. the government of syria called today for thousands of refugees to come home, including those opposed to the regime. nearly 600,000 syrians have fled the civil war and gone to neighboring countries. there's been a new surge this week. we have a report narrated by alex thomson of independent television news. >> the children say they double-checked their figures. they counted around 10,000 children in the overcrowded camps in jordan in just the past 24 hours with the parents or gardens they recognized around 20,000 people in all. with the winter cold and conditions like this, i
in a final interview, he said he's hopeful the economy will strengthen this year. the defense department has begun eliminating the jobs of all 46,000 temporary civilian employees at the pentagon. the announcement today said it's a response to mandatory, across- the-board spending cuts. they're scheduled to take effect march 1, unless congress comes up with alternative cuts. without changes, hundreds of thousands of full-time civilian employees will face furloughs and reduced paychecks by april....